Writing is like riding a bike. Once you gain momentum, the hills are easier. Editing, however, requires a motor and some horsepower.

Overcast does not always forecast rain neither does difficulty always forecast failure.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

To be the kind of writer you want to be, you must first be the kind of thinker you want to be.

His pagan barbarity, his explosive and angrily defiant melancholy, his demoniacal instinct . . . these are all echoes . . . of the thousand-year-old Hungarian psyche.

Being on the cover of a magazine with my son is the best thing ever. It took me 18 years to get my first cover, he gets one at 8 months.

War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

I draw from the crowd a lot.

To be exact has naught to do with pedantry or dogma.

The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.